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Daniel Douke

Daniel Douke wurde 1943 in Los Angeles geboren. Er erhielt einen Master of Arts von der California State University, wo er heute als Außerordentlicher Professor unterrichtet.
Dan Douke schafft illusorische Objekte, die wie echte Zigarrenschachteln oder Schichten aus geschliffenem Stahl und gepresstem Karton aussehen. Durch die Bemalung einfacher Leinwand, Linoleum, von Kunststoffrohren und anderen Materialien mit Acrylfarbe erscheinen Doukes Arbeiten wie Fundstücke, die vom Künstler leicht manipuliert wurden. Seine Absicht ist jedoch kein Trompe l'Oeil, sondern er möchte, dass der Betrachter "seine Wahrnehmung weitet und ihr mehr Bedeutung beimisst".
"In den dreißig Jahren meiner künstlerischen Arbeit habe ich die Welt immer als Realist angesehen. Die Direktheit der darstellenden Malerei hat mich seit jeher fasziniert. In konzeptueller Hinsicht geht es mir um die Dichotomie zwischen beobachtbaren Wahrheiten und abstrakten Werten. Mein Wunsch war stets, nicht idealisierte, sondern spezifische Objekte zu schaffen, die als Teil der real erfahrbaren Welt erscheinen."
Dan Douke



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Preise und Ehrungen (Auswahl)

2006

Individual Artists Grant, Pasadena Arts & Cultural Commission, Pasadena, California

2000

Grant for Creative Leave, California State University, Los Angeles

1986

Grant for Creative Leave, California State University, Los Angeles

1982

National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Stipend Program

1973

James D. Phelan Award, San Francisco Foundation, San Francisco


Arbeiten befinden sich u.a. in folgenden Sammlungen:

601 Corporation, Des Moines, Iowa, American Council of Education, Washington, D.C., American Friends of the Israel Museum, New York, Arbor Drugs, Troy, Michigan, AVCO Financial Services, Irvine, California, First Illinois State Bank, Chicago, H.C. Companies, Denver, Nora Eccles, Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, Utah, Henry Heuser, Louisville, Kentucky, Loyola Law School, Loyola, California, Luckman Fine Arts Complex, California State University, Los Angeles, Sydney and Francis Lewis, Richmond, Virginia, Martin Margulies, Coconut Grove, Florida, Meadowbrook Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, Ohio, Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, Minnesota, Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Dr. Richard and Lou Newquist, Santa Ana, California, Eileen and Peter Norton, Santa Monica, California, Oakland Museum, Oakland, California, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California, Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, San Francisco Sentry Investment Group, San Francisco, Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles, Southland Corporation, Dallas, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, University-Student Union, California State University, Los Angeles, The Zabludowicz Art Trust, Liechtenstein



Ausstellungen (Auswahl, ab 1990)

2009

LEVY Gallery, Hamburg, Germany (E)

2008

Peter Mendenhall Gallery, Los Angeles, California (E)
Peter Mendenhall Gallery, Los Angeles, California (G)
Scene/Seen, Luckman Gallery, Luckman Fine Arts Complex, California State University, Los Angeles (G)
Here’s the Thing, Katonah Museum of Art, New York (G)

2007

OK Harris Works of Art, New York (E)
The Toy Show, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, California (G)
I Want Candy:The Sweet Stuff in American Art, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York (G)
Introductions II, Stremmel Gallery, Reno, Nevada (G)

2006

Endless Instant: A Survey, Luckman Gallery, Luckman Fine Arts Complex, California State University, Los Angeles (E)
Kaz Oshiro/Dan Douke, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, California (G)
Art Gallery, Los Angeles Valley College, Valley Glen, California (E)

2005

Adler & Co., San Francisco (E)
Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina (E)
Mendenhall Sobieski Gallery, Pasadena, California (E)
Very Early Pictures, Luckman Gallery, Luckman Fine Arts Complex, California State University, Los Angeles (G)
The Loyolas Collect, Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles(G)
Art of the Flower, The Art & Cultural Center, Fallbrook, California (G)

2004

Opening Exhibition, Mendenhal Sobieski Gallery, Pasadena, California (G)
What’s the Story Morning Glory: Hee-Jeong Jang and Daniel Douke, Sabrina Lee Gallery, Los Angeles (G)
Seeing Is Believing: American Trompe l’oeil, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut (G)
Contemporary American Realism VII, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma (G)

2003

OK Harris Works of Art, New York (E)
Art of the Flower, Art Placement International, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc., New York (G)
Art & Affinities, Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles (G)
Everything’s O.K. at OK Harris, Brevard Museum of Art and Science, Melbourne, Florida (G)
Just Desserts, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina (G)
Subject: Object, OK Harris Works of Art, New York (G)
Contemporary American Realism VI, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma (G)
A Good Impression: A Century of Printmaking in San Diego, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego (G)

2002

Aalto Gallery, Ashland, Oregon (E)
Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina (E)
Contemporary Realism V, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma (G)
Paintings and Photographs, Skidmore Contemporary Art, Malibu, California (G)
Group Show, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California (G)

2000

Ikon Ltd. Fine Art, Santa Monica, California (E)
Flight, The Art & Cultural Center, Fallbrook, California (G)

1999

OK Harris Works of Art, New York (E)

1998

Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina (E)
Eighth Biennial Art Auction, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Barker Hanger, Santa Monica, California (G)
Still Life Painting Today, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina (G)
Illusion: Trompe l’oeil and Slight of Hand, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, California (G)

1997

OK Harris Works of Art, New York (E)
Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, California (E)
West Coast Painting and Sculpture, Oceanside Art Museum, Oceanside, California (G)
Airbrush: Contemporary Directions, Art Gallery, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, California (G)
Unabashedly Urbane: Paintings by Daniel Douke and Robert Gratiot, Todd Madigan Gallery, California State University, Bakersfield (G)

1994

Reed Whipple Cultural Center, Las Vegas, Nevada (E)
Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, California (E)
Visual Fictions, Sensory Deceits: A Brief History of Trompe l’oeil, Art Space Gallery, Fresno City College, Fresno, California (G)
Exhibition to Reestablish the Westmoreland Collection, Mount St Mary's College, Los Angeles (G)
Doubletake, The Hans and Walter Bechtler Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina (G)

1993

Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina (E)
OK Harris Works of Art, New York (E)

1991

Art Gallery, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, California (E)
Sam Francis Gallery, Crossroads School for the Arts and Sciences, Santa Monica, California (E)
Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, California (E)
A Small Bite of the Big Apple: Contemporary Art from OK Harris, Bobbitt Visual Arts Center, Albion College, Albion, Michigan (G)
Karp’s Choice, Triplex Gallery, Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York (G)

1990

California Still Life, University Art Gallery, California State University East Bay, Hayward (G)
Styles, Strands & Sequences: American Realist Paintings & Drawings from the Collection of Philip Desind, University Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville (G)



G = Gruppenausstellung
E = Einzelausstellung